I agree with all the anti-recline comments posted so far, and delighted to see that I am not the only one who has this as one of my Room 101 contenders. Don't really get much benefit from it but if for some reason I'm absolutely desperate my tactic now is to wait until the guy behind reclines. I will wait all frigging flight if necessary, even if some selfish twat in front has his seat in my chest, and if the guy behind doesn't recline, neither will I. If they do, they deserve what's coming to them. Hmph.
Do you recline your seat on aeroplanes?
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brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
If it's a long flight and I need to sleep, then I'll give the person behind some notice and recline. Amazed it's such an issue, to be honest. (and don't give me the shit about legroom - I'm 6'2") People reclining seats is a part of air travel - not always pleasant/convenient, but not the hideous teeth-grinding faux pas many on this thread seem to think either.
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
brixtonvilla said:
I agree it's mildly irritating but at 6'1" I too have experienced the mild discomfort of a seat pushed back into my knees but it's really not that bad . What does piss me off is when they shove a bag under their seat and then recline the chair because it means I can't stretch my feet out underneath them !
I've had this from the other direction, and I hadn't even reclined my seat. Some absolute wanker on a flight home to Dublin, the cunt kept kicking the back of my seat so we ended up having wordsSavage Henry said:
His justification for this was "my legs are too long" it's not my fault i keep kicking your seat. Problem was, he didn't appreciate it wasn't my problem either. The bastard wouldn't move to the free seat beside him that had nobody sitting in front of it either
I ended up moving seats myself as I was livid, about to lose my rag and smack him one. A plane cabin is certainly not the place for that
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
to be honest i recline my seat a little bit, but not the full whack. i rarely frly and i when i have done., having the seat in front pushed into my face hasn't been fun. so i like to give the person behind a fair chance at comfort. if the person n front reclines all the way i have to as well though.
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
trashpony said:
Well that's obviously different. I'm on the cusp of what's bearable myself, so I feel for your mate & would clearly make an exception for really tall people. But generally... nah.
Paulie Tandoori said:People doing this drive me feckin mad
I'm 6'3", its bad enough squeezing into the cramped conditions as it is, and then some fuckwit in front rams their seat back onto my knees, ensuring DVT kicks in cos i can't move, other than to try and push repeatedly on the back of their seat and hope they take the hint. Argh!!!
You weren't sitting behind on the way to Bogota last month were you? Some big lanky bloke was, and I could feel his knees digging into my back as I reclined my seat. But I had no choice, as the person in front of me had reclined theirs. Anyway, he started kneeing me in the back in protest, so I started bouncing back in my seat so as to smash him in the knees. It got quite heated and the stewardess had to intervene.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
sparkling said:Bloody Ryan air don't have reclining seats now.There is plenty of room and people should stop whinging and all lean back..that way there is no problem..unless you are on bloody Ryan air of course
well presumably you are quite short; I would consider the non-reclining seats the sole good feature of the ryanair service; it is simply inconsiderate to recline your seat during a daytime, shorthall flight, because it is basically saying to the person behind 'I need extra space more than you need the precious little you have already'. Obviously the situation is different on long flights at times when it could reasonably be assumed that most want to sleep.
i_hate_beckham
Him From A Village
I never recline it cos i hate the people that do.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
dirtysanta said:
when people do this, I ammuse myself by kicking the back of their seat while pretending to be asleep.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Wookey said:
This is even worse than just doing it without asking; how many people would feel able to say no? at least the blatent rudeness of people who just recline as if you're not there produces enough righteous anger to enable an honest response.
dirtysanta
Original Casual
slowjoe said:
If it were my seat you'd only do it once.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
dirtysanta said:If it were my seat you'd only do it once.
well you are a considerate fellow then! most people take quite a thrashing before they relent and un-recline!
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Yossarian said:
and the source of the turbulance would be hastily deposited on the nearest island/tract of peat bog
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
All the way back for me for pretty much the entire flight
sparkling
Proper country now
I had to travel by coach for the last couple of days and we had a super dooper type of coach complete with reclining seats. Unfortunately my own seat did not stay upright but remained reclined all of the time no matter what I did to try and rectify it. 
It was very embarrassing travelling around in the prone position and I am sure I have strained my back trying to sit up straight on such a seat...maybe this is devine justice for my self reclining habits on planes. 
It was very embarrassing travelling around in the prone position and I am sure I have strained my back trying to sit up straight on such a seat...maybe this is devine justice for my self reclining habits on planes.
oooomegrapes
steals toilet rolls
it was out of order, i had no warning that she was unhappy, she literally just hung over my seat and started bashing me.........and to be honest, the only reason i didnt react is because it was so surreal i was in too much shock to even ask what her problem was!Pie 1 said:ChristThat is so out of order!
They should think themselves lucky you didn't punch their lights out
